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>>25067720

In any case. You're having coffee right now with Minase Iori, 765 Productions idol. She's just given you the opportunity to do what you came here for - and not one to waste an opportunity when it's all but dropped onto your lap, you go for it.

You tried to be gentle about it, the first time you gave this...talk. Of course it still came out unfeeling, rough, and callous - something you'd want to blame on your cigarette-ruined voice, but there's a limit to just how much you're willing to delude yourself. One thing's for sure, though. You don't want to cause a scene, not with so many people looking on. You'd like not to cause tears, no matter how inevitable that seems to be. You'd like to be considerate, here, is what you're trying to get at. For once in yourlife, you'd like to do the right thing.

Iori is looking at you, expectantly, hanging onto your every word.

The shield clamped on your right arm is clicking faintly, so faintly, that you're not sure if it's clicking at all.

How do you let Iori down?

>>25067737
Aren't you a little early, Decu? Not complaining.

> How do you let Iori down?
Calm but firm. We end it here and now, before we drag her deeper into the madhouse that is Chiaki's life but there's no need to twist the knife even deeper.

>>25067737
Stop time
Cover idol in spaghetti

>>25067737
Calmly explain that this is our last meeting.

That we have no intention to maintain a friendship this inconvinient for both parties.

Especially considering that we're barely friends.

Then brace for tears. Become a wall of ice.

THEN repeat our statement, say goodbye and run the fu-
I MEAN go back to the car and escape to the nearest place that has kong

>>25067737
Softly and by saying that despite liking her as a friend we can't in good conscience drag her down into the sort of life we lead

>>25067720
>>25067737
>Repost from last thread since I posted it too late last time

"No. No she won`t. I´m pretty sure I can come up with a bunch of reasons why she is interested in me and none of those have anything to do with love or lust. I won`t fall for her.

That said, Iori, I want us to be on the same page regarding that. You are my Employer and you are my friend. And I would prefer us to just stay friends, if possible."

I think this pretty clear without ourright telling her in her face that we don`t love her around all the other idols.

I also have the sneaking suspicion that the Rape-Otaku-Incident wasn`t some shitty thing that just happened. I mean, come on, how exactly would some shitty Otakus compromise Hotel Security? Why did we never investigate that? You need some sort of wealth to do that. They were paid to pull that shit. How to better ruin an Idol than fucking rape her and get the Rapevids in Television or the Internet.

The world of idols in noir truly is a terrifying one. And not so different from our live after all.

>>25067737
I think someone posted a nice response in the previous thread, lemme see if I can find it.

>>25067772
They had an illusion specialist magical girl and possibly massive amounts of otaku funding from people who wanted rape porn of their favorite idols

>>25067772
>Why did we never investigate that?
Not our job.

>>25067737
>>Apologize for being so standoffish and not considering her feelings earlier, explain that we were not used to treating people all that well, then calmly explain that even though we think she's great, we're not really suited for each other, and make sure she understands that even though there might be some mutual attraction, we're not letting her down just because it would be too hard, or too dangerous, but because we genuinely want to just stay friends and not go any further.

Was my preferred response from last thread.

Whatever we end up going with, drag Iori aside first. Get at least a modicum of privacy and not humiliate the girl in front of her friends.

>>25067737
Let her know that the only way for her to stay in touch is to start a "special friebdship" with "special services", saying so while caressing her hand and looking into hr eyes with a malicious grin

>>25067801

WIth the hat off?

I can already feel the bitchslap

>>25067790
If there really is a Community and a demand like that, it would be easy as fuck to manipulate this shit for your own vices.

Its certainly sounds more convincing than "Wut, you want to rape Idol X, shut up and take my monies!"

>>25067797
This, pretty much.

>>25067737
Like this >>25067797
In private, and maybe with a dash of 'I don't want to cause you pain, but the closer we are, the more likely that is to happen.'

>>25067772
i'm gonna vote for saying this.

>>25067809
There is the fact that most people don't know magical girls exist and they are probably bullshit expensive

Don't even see jyuubey sending his girls out for a pittance even if he pays them one

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>>25067801

>>25067822
>>25067797
>>25067772
Combining all of them seems like a good idea.

>>25067737
Politely, but don't leave any room for error, make sure it's very clear that we're letting her down. If possible get her somewhere a bit with more privacy.

"Iori, Ruri, no doubt a crazy bint with a strange obsession with Magical Girls, isn't going to steal me away from you.

This is for two reasons, firstly, I'm not going to get involved with her beyond my job, my life is complicated enough as it is and I am in no way looking for a relationship with her. It's simply an absurd idea.

The second reason is because I am not something that can be stolen from you as I do not belong to you. I enjoy your company, I consider you one of the few friends who I've managed to find. But we're not anything more than that.

You really don't want us to be more than that, we'd both regret it the first time you find giblets of flesh in my hair, I might want to trim it some time but it can wait, or stumble on any other number of odious habits and personality traits.

I'm not a good person by any stretch of the imagination, or in any way suited towards a relationship with you, and luckily for you you're not a good match for me, anyone who was a good match for me would have to be about as fucked in the head as I am. I'm not going to drag a nice girl like you into hell just because I like your company. It'd be vile of me to do so. The closer I am to someone the more likely they are to get emotionally, mentally, or physically scared and hurt.

So yeah, I suck, feel free to do the traditional thing of throwing coffee into my face and running away, I deserve it by this point. Sorry."

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>>25067737

>Iori is looking at you, expectantly, hanging onto your every word.

Its not just Iori, remember where we are.

Anyway, lets just get on with it.

"I want to talk about us."

"We don't know much about each other. All I know about you is that your an idol that works with 765 studios and all you know about me is that I am a magical girl who drinks, smokes and kills for money"

"You want the kind of life where legions of fans phrase your name, where everyone talks about you as the next big idol"

"You won't get that life if you stay with me, there might be one time where I wouldn't return and I wouldn't be able to protect you from everything"

"I'm sorry, but we can't be together"

"If you want to thank me for saving you. Please go and life your life and become a great idol. Live a life worth saving"

>>25067840
I actually rather like this one.

Though, we may want to suggest we talk away from the other idols first, no matter what else.

>>25067772
I have the feeling that a combination of all the posts here would do the trick, but if I had to choose one, this would be it. Short and to the point.

>>25067855
So... You wanna go someplace private?

Oh the misunderstandings.

>>25067737
>I'm sorry. I like you but I had to choose darkness.
Stand up, put the hat on
>I am a very important person from a very important organization.
Flip the hair
>I don't want to expose you to a danger.
>Shhhh, do not talk. Pretty idols shouldn't cry, unless It's a cheap drama.
>Likewise, Warmasters are not allowed to love
Then call Kumatora and tell her to ram the entrance, we have her drink and we're leaving.
Salute from the car, do whatever

>>25067737
Consider this vote of mine to be an addition to whatever wins. As soon as we drop the news we time stop and ask Pinky if she's enjoying herself in a very annoyed tone (Or something)

>>25067772
>>25067797
>>25067838
Some combination thereof.

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>>25067881

I can just imagine time-stopping to talk to Pinky and finding her crying in a corner, lamenting how she said she would fight fair and yet we aren't being fair to her.

But maybe that's just me..

>>25067874
Haha

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>>25067874
Waaaaaaay over the Top.

I don`t really like Iori but even she doesn`t deserve to be told off in that way.

>>25067889
B-b-but why would you not want a shotgun?
Poor Pinky.

>>25067909
>filename
Yeah ok you got me.

"Iori, I'm, uh, sorry, I just, uh... you're not terribly important to me."

Most of these ways of letting her down seem pretty reasonable, but if she starts to try and make a case against what we're proposing, we need to make DAMN sure that she knows that we're perfectly amenable to staying in touch, but that if it ever comes to her trying to contract with an Incubator in order to bypass the "there's no way it could work; we're from two different worlds" spiel, we would never be able to forgive her for it. She has a good thing going, and throwing it all away while simultaneously going back on her promise to us never to involve herself in our line of work is where we would absolutely draw the line.

So for what it's worth, despite seeing this quest around all the time, I hadn't really given it a second look. Figured I'd check it out, and read the whole backlog between last thread and this one. Shit's pretty interesting, but it's in a brutal timeslot as far as participating goes.

>what
>I mean, you know how people jump into fires for people they care about? I mean I would for you because I'm not a dick but you know. Okay, bad example. Let's see. If were to rewind time just to save you and simultaneously destroy my life and soul into little pieces, I don't think I would do that.

>>25067934
>not changing your sleep schedule to suit Decu's run times
What are you, some kind of normal?

>>25067720
>nobody commenting on longer haired op picture finally
just figured i'd point that out.

>>25067934
You made it today, now all you have to do is continue like that every time. What are you, a wimp?

>>25067980

Longer hair OP picture has been around for a while.

More interesting is that Decu has been playing around with the design of the hat.

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<- Evil Pinky

>>25068006
Oh yeah.
I prefer the old one.

>>25068032
More like 12yo fanart pinky.

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Kuroneko Homura

>>25068032
Eviller pinky

>>25068032
Why is QB a car?

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>>25068058
Becos bya-ches love cars!
Kukuku

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>>25068084

WE COME IN MANY FORMS!

Nobody commented on this, from the last thread?
>She calls, not too loudly, but enough to grab the attention of the rest of the shop's customers - customers you notice are also idols, some of them wearing the same costume as Iori is.
No Idol worth her salt would dress like another Idol unless there's a performance coming, nor would she visit a coffee shop with her dress (because it can get dirty)

The entire caffee is Callidus. Possibly 'Iori', too.

>>25068128
Paranoia level is approaching 1 full Shadowrun.

>>25068128

They're probably came from the practices for the concert.

Lots of idols in that one.

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>>25068128
Or they are on break from practice / fitting

>>25068128
Maybe they just came from a photo shoot for it?

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>>25068128

"..."

Threadly reminder that the updated Ebook can be found at http://pastebin.com/kbGzcbDb
So long as Decu is running multiple times a week, I'll update the Ebook once a week, sometime on the weekend.

>>25068138
this reminds me of
>its just a hat
when the hat obviously does a shitload of things.
by the way, does anyone else think the hat may actually be a golden weapon of its own right, just painted over?

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>>25068128
Fucking magical girls and their mutant cats

>>25068128
HEY I KNOW, LET'S ASK IORI ABOUT IT.

>>25068173
NO.

>>25068173
>"Nice try. It's a really good Iori costume"
>"W-what are you talking about?"

There were no survivors.

>>25068173
HEY IORI I'M THROUGH WITH YOU DON'T CALL ME ANYM-

WOW YOU LOT SURE HAVE SIMILAR OUTFITS, SO WHAT IS GOING ON, HUH

SOME KINDA CONCER-
Oh

>>25068173
Let's arrest all of them until their identities are revealed.

>>25068128

Also from the last thread:

>Iori nods. "It's usually frowned upon, Chiaki-san, but like I said, it's a really big concert. They're getting help from the other production agencies besides ours, and...well, it's really big publicity. They're pushing it as the 'Concert of the Century', where all the idols sing in one voice, with Kirishima Ruri-san leading the choir."

Considering the concert is in 3-4 days, they'd likely be practising their butts off.

>>25067934
>>25067966

I bet he`s not even a virgin anymore, too.

>>25068184
You mean shoot their legs off?

Because I could really go for shooting a bunch of idols/assassins in the kneecaps.

>>25068188
>>25068128
I'm pretty sure no sane group is practicising in their outfits when you have, I don't know, tracksuits.

Why would they wear off expensive, shiny dresses for practice session?

Whatever it is said, hold her hands before saying it. Possibly lean close to her.
Then say something about staying her closest friend, and her greatest fan.

>>25068217

Never heard of full dress rehearsal?

You know, standard practice for really really large events and usually begin about a month before the actual event in RL?

>>25068217
What is dress rehearsal?

>>25068228
It's where you rehearse in a dress.

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>hat's a golden weapon
>room full of Callidus
>all dem shadowruns

>>25068226
>>25068228
>>25068234
I don't know, that's why I'm asking.

I get It, I get It.

>>25068234
>dress
>not tracksuit

Plebs.

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>>25068128
This is giving me major Kilgores Harem-Vibes.

ARE YOU REEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAADY FOR THE HEAAALING!?

>>25068242
As someone else already noted, "all idols singing in one voice" sure gives a creepy vibe considering the world we're living in

>>25068258
The whole concert is meant to summon Pinky so Ruri can win her favor and ascend to a Daemon Princess

>>25068258
Isn't that really common in all girl bands in the east?

>>25068258
I agree that it's really creepy? But it's probably just some We Are The World bullcrap.

>>25068258
I've no doubt it's going to turn into a bloodbath, everything is gonna go to hell, and Chiaki is going to hit the bottle like the cretaceous paleogene extinction event.

>>25067772 >>25067797 >>25067838

You take a deep breath, before letting it out in words that...you have no prior experience of saying. Words you'd never thought you'd say to anyone, ever. Even the simple concept of it is...well, laughable at best. But you say them, anyway, and you hope that even with your horrible voice and half-murmured enunciation that Iori would hear you and believe you.

You tell her what you've told her, back then, before you left for Siberia - but you manage to do it in a way that you feel manages to carefully nudge the message home more than shove it right into her face. You tell her that you still believe she deserves better - much better - than you could ever live up to be. You're not a good person, nor do you see yourself becoming one in the future - and you're definitely not someone she wants to be with, nor be seen with.

By this time, Iori's face had gone pale, her eyes wide and staring, now glistening with unshed tears, but you forge on. There's no stopping, not when you've committed yourself to this course of action.

You go on to tell her that you wanted to talk to her, today, to make sure she understood. That something happening between the both of you, something more than friendship - is something neither of you want. Friends, nothing more and nothing less. For both your sakes.

. . .

You lower your head as you hear the first half-choked sob come from the idol. You wait a few moments, before asking if she understood everything you've told her.

[1/2]

>>25068270
Yeah, that sounds right.

>>25068274

Not really know.

Unless you're talking about shit like Yakuza48

>>25068284

"...Iori?" You look up, and immediately regret doing so.

She's smiling, here, despite the tears trickling down her cheeks.

"I...I understood everything, Chiaki-san," She says in a quivering voice, the volume barely above a whisper. "I...I knew you were going to say that. And...and I tried to accept it as much as I could, when you told me the first time, before you left. I tried my best, Chiaki-san, I...I honestly really did. I accepted that...that Chiaki-san just wanted to be friends, and nothing else."

It's then that she hangs her head, eyes squeezing shut. The tears now flowing freely.

"...B-but it still hurts when you say it, Chiaki-san. It...it still hurts to hear you say it. Even if I know that it's the right thing to do - that all Chiaki-san wants is to just be friends..." Another choked sob, this time muffled by her own gloved hands coming up to cover her mouth. As if trying desperately to smother her cries, although the result of it makes it sound all the worse.

You feel absolutely wretched as you let Iori cry. Right there, in the coffee shop, in the full view of the idols still blatantly scoping the scene, frilled voyeurs with sharp expressions. You...you really wish you could have done this somewhere more private. Somewhere less populated. Where Iori could have cried over how much of an idiot you really are with her dignity preserved, not laid out bare to the bone like this.

What do you do, now?

[]Let her cry it out until she stops. A girl should be allowed to shed tears in peace.
[]Say your goodbyes and leave, right now. You're the last person she needs at the moment.
[]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.

>>25068161
Any chance that there's ever going to be an Ebook without the non-Decu bits?

>>25068217
Because that's what you do during a full dress rehearsal. (Having never been an Idol, of course, I don't KNOW this is the case, but I'm assuming they do things much like people in other stage professions.)

>>25067966
>>25067981
>>25068198
Fuuuuuuuck you guys. Brb, finding a parallel universe evil cat that accepts dudes to sell my soul to so that I can transcend my worldly attachments and become a magical hikikomori.

>>25068282
It's totally allowed to be We Are The World bullcrap AND be creepy at the same time. In fact, it's practically mandatory.

>>25068270
>she gets a golden weapon
>we have to end her
>iori basically breaks down
>this is killgore bullshitery round 2: electric boogaloo
>hat is actually a golden shapeshifting helmet that controls emotions, like a mask of lies

>>25068274
Everyone singing with the same voice? No.

>>25068270
How many Shadowruns is this?

>>25068290

>[]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.

We can't be her lover but Chiaki can be her friend and sister.

>>25068258
>>25068270

Well last time we had a Bloodletter for some reason, so this one will turn into a Daemonette if we fuck this up.

As soon as this Idol even mentions "Blessed" and "Lady" we should strangle her with her Microphone.

>>25068290
>[x]Say your goodbyes and leave, right now. You're the last person she needs at the moment.
Let her friends handle that

>>25068296

Sleep when you usually do.

During lectures and exams.

>>25068290
[x]take to car, so she has some dignity

>>25068290
>[X]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.
Friends don't let friends cry in potential full view of a media scandal and/or rivals that may have camera phones with them.

We take her to the car, and we let her cry on our shoulder. We can drop her off at work when she's ready.

>>25068290
>[x]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.
This is the closest to what Mami said we should do, right?

>>25068290
[x]Take her somewhere private.

She's really taking this well, she deserves as much of her dignity as we can rescue.

>>25068290
[X]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.

>>25068312
arn't we trying to friendzone her anyways?

>>25068300
About 0.91 Shadowruns.

It'd be higher, but the whole thing is kind of sketchy already.

Though if you account for Decu's teasing in the post thread Q&A last episode, it'd be more like 6 Shadowruns. More, maybe.

>>25068290
>[X]Let her cry it out until she stops. A girl should be allowed to shed tears in peace.
Having actually been through a breakup or two, she'll just want to meet up again to talk things over if we leave before she's had a chance to say her piece.

Plus, the rumor mill will turn all the harder if we stalk off while she's crying.

>>25068290
Get out of the chair and move her somewhere private until she stops crying

The car will do fine despite the implications it might bring

>>25068290
>[]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.

We offer to take her to whatever destination she needs. Like home or something.

>>25068337
It'll be fiiiiiiiine guys.

>>25068290

>[x]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.

Lets do this.

>>25068304
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>>25068328
>All that taking her in your car
The car has a lot of potential to send mixed messages to the other idols, as well as for Iori to leave behind hair or something that Midori will misinterpret. If we have to take her somewhere, walk there.

>>25068345
Yeah, we should just relaaaaaax.

What could go wroooong.

>>25068290
[x]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private. In your car, maybe. Try to salvage what little of her dignity is left.
Maybe tell her that, in a different life, we might very well have ended up more than friends. But to do so as we are now would just be irresponsible and selfish.

>>25068350
>s well as for Iori to leave behind hair or something that Midori will misinterpret

u wot m8

>>25068290
>[x]Get out of your chair and take her somewhere private.

Important points to cover:
A - Continue to apologize. It really isn't her, it's us. And the mutant cat we sold our soul to, maybe, but mostly us.

B - We do still want to be friends, and if there's ever a pair of kneecaps that need a magical .50 round through, we'll be ther.

C - Continue to punt all mutant talking cats on sight. If she wants something (us) bad enough, one of them might make an offer, and we should stress how incredibly bad of an idea that is.

>>25068350
Midori is not that ridiculously insecure

The worst we would have to deal with is idol gossip

>>25068350
>The car has a lot of potential to send mixed messages to the other idols, as well as for Iori to leave behind hair or something that Midori will misinterpret.
Midori won't misinterpret anything. She knows how spaghetti we are.

[x]tka her to da car

>>25068368
>>25068371
The car still feels far too risky to me. If we have to take her somewhere--which seems to be the prevailing opinion--I really, really think we should walk.

>>25068355
Misaka is the prophet and we will have to choose between her and Mami.
Ruri is a magical girl planning to kill us for the Golden Weapons.
Iori is going to contract at the concert to try and save us.
Iori will find out we're hooking up with the girl hired to help have her raped and possibly murdered.
Midori will be hijacked by Jubey and forcibly witched.

Nothing at all!

>>25068371
And Kumatora gossip. But I think she'll be above that?

>>25068387
Walking around with a popular crying Idol in public?

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>>25068371
Ahahaha

You funny.

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>>25068355
>>25068345

>>25068387
We can have a witness in Kumatora. Nothing bad is going to happen in front of a witness we control.

>>25068396
Nope, Kumatora gets the "keep this shit quiet or I swear I will find new and interesting ways to make you suffer I swear by my sexy hat" look

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>>25068290
>>25068290

I.. I´m not really sure what is the sensible thing to do.

On one hand getting everything out of the system is good for her and fuck dignity, she is a teenage girl for gods sake. On the other hand, you would usually want to cry in peace where no one can bother you and in private.

And you usually do not want to get a hug or sympathy from someone who just dumped you, nor be around that person because that just hurts more.

>>25068350

Why create misunderstandings when we can preempt it?

We just tell her we told Iori we wanted to remain friends.

tinfoilhatzone image guy here
i figured something else out
but now i've forgotten

it was important too
shit

>>25068394
>Misaka is the prophet and we will have to choose between her and Mami.


FUCK, I FORGOT THAT SHE WENT ALL WEIRD AND TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN WEAPONS IN THE FIRST THREADS

YOU COULD BE RIGHT

>>25068394
>Misaka is the prophet
No, Misaka is something entirely di-

So you're saying that Oriko is just a bait?

>>25068345
>>25068355
>Day of the concert.
>Standing in between the barricade and the front of the stage, as concert security personnel are wont to do.
>Stop one slightly overzealous fan from falling over the fence.
>Return two dropped cell-phones.
>Concert ends.
>We return to debrief.
>Phone rings; it's Iori.
>"Hey, so I noticed that you left your hat backstage, but this nice pink-haired girl told me she would bring it back to you. She looks reeeeaallly pretty in it, though. Hold on, let me call you back."

>>25068424
WELL WHAT WAS IT

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>>25068424
Just as planned

>>25068424
>i figured something else out
>but now i've forgotten

YOU ARE ALREADY COMPROMISED

RUN

>>25068429
GOOD END!

>>25068429
>worry.jpg

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>>25068394
>>25068425
>>25068426

Didn't we sort of catch on to that the moment pinky told us?

There was quite abit of despairing going on as i recall.

>>25068426
People keep forgetting her pre-Siberian PROPHECY moment.

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>>25068429

>>25068394
>Iori will find out we're hooking up with the girl hired to help have her raped and possibly murdered.

Oh, yeah, I guess we REALLY shouldn't let her find out about Midori.

>>25068462

This is going to be a problem.

It's gonna come up eventually. Especially since we're remaining friends with Iori and shes taking this better than i expected. So she'll be hanging around, somewhat.

>>25068290

All of the choices feel like terrible, terrible ideas.

Where's Kyouko to set us on fire as a distraction when you really need her?

>>25068453
There were at least some number of people that thought it could've been due to Kyoko's spear that Misaka "made" having actually been a genuine Golden Weapon, though.

There's still even money on that being the cause of the black-eyed outburst, I think. Should be easy enough to confirm/deny that theory, at least.

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>>25068394
>>25068425
>>25068426
>>25068452
>>25068453
>this happens
>iori ends up a magical girl
anyone else notice iori is going full madoka really really quick?

>>25068429
>Pinky gets The Hat

Dear fucking God. Would... would she be heartless enough to use it on us? Or does she retain enough of herself to want us to want her genuinely?

>>25068479
I don't think she saw Midori, did she?

>>25068479
>>25068462
She most likely doesn't remember how Midori actually looks, or even her name.

>>25068498
She didn't.

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>>25068350
WAIT! WAIT! ABORT! There is Kumatora in the car.

Kumatora is known for saying the wrong things in the wrong moments. She will surely make some backhand-comment about us having Midori already or something!

We are cursed! Every relationship we touch goes from bad to worse!

>>25068502
Fair enough.

It'd still be awkward as hell for Midori, if the two were ever to end up in a conversation. Perhaps we should continue to passively keep them away from each other.

>>25068493
>implying she wouldn't use it to NTR Midori away from us first, for fully optimal soul-crushing despair generation

>>25068490
>finally save Pinky, redeem her into Madoka
>find a way to save Mami and Misaka at the same time
>Watermelon End, everyone happy
>everyone except Magical Girl Iori
>Iori witches out
>new Faust
>quest ends on a cliffhanger of Miracle Midori facing off against Witch!Iori, as Chiaki lays dying in the background cradled in Madoka's arms

>>25068479
She didn't actually see Midori iirc and she would have been too traumatised to remember it most likely

And it's not like we will be going full Kharn and molesting Midori at every opportunity so I really doubt it is actually going to be an issue until quite a bit down the track

>>25068481
Or Sayaka bitching us out for something else again. Speaking of which, we should probably call her and get her to come to our apartment later too, since all the other members of the inner circle are going to be there. We did promise to try to be a bit more civil with her at least.

>>25068498
>>25068502
>>25068503

She was screaming our name repeatedly and Midori was straddling us.

She probably was looking our way and MIGHT have seen her if her disguise wasn't continuous.

>>25068514
and finally we have found the ending to this mess.

>>25068516
Did we actually end up inviting Kyouko? If so, gotta agree with you on that front.

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>>25068514
>Iori witches out
>new Faust

>>25068510
It's gonna happen, eventually. Iori doesn't remember Midori, so worst case scenario Midori awkwardly apologises and Iori has no idea what she's sorry about.

Then again, Iori might be smart enough to work it out, in which case CHOO CHOO NUCLEAR SPAGHETTI TRAIN, followed promptly by tears and rage.

>>25068532

Shes there with Midori right now.

Not sure if she'll stick around.

>>25068394
On the plus side, I'm pretty sure the last one is impossible. Kyubey monitors the magical girl connections, and he told us just a few threads ago the status of Midori's only involved a one-way link to us.

>>25068516
>>25068532
>>25068537

If we're getting everyone we can have an inpromtu housewarming party!

Good morning, Decu!

>>25068516
>The inner circle

Purple, red, green, yellow, blue, pink...

I like it.

>OH GOD IORI + MIDORI + BAD
Guys calm down. We just explain that Midori's old incubator was a dick and we got her a new one, that won't give her those kinds of jobs. She only took it because she would suffer a fate literally worse than death if she didn't.

>>25068545
MAXIMUM PARANOIA says that Kyubey's override on Jubey's contract wasn't as absolute as he believed, and Jubey still has the ability to force Midori to witch out solely to spite us, as he did with Mirai.

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>>25068394

>That last bit.

SEE. I have questions about this.

QB bruteforced and took over her contract.

And JB's one includes the provisions for it.

It kinda implies that the provisions carried over and QB now might have the rights for them.

We REALLY REALLY need to ask QB if he managed to change the terms of her contract.

>>25068515
>And it's not like we will be going full Kharn and molesting Midori at every opportunity
Says you.

>>25068546
Housechilling party, more like.

I still fully support this idea. We could even have Kumatora come along, if only to watch her spill all her pasta when she gets invited to the big bosses party.

>>25068369
>if there's ever a pair of kneecaps that need a magical .50 round through, we'll be there.
Please remind me, how did it turn out the last time we shot someone's legs off?

>>25068546
Inviting her to a party might make blueberry stop bitching at us for a while, at least.

Who am I kidding, it will never happen.

>>25068588
>Wear hat
>Announce we are having a housewarming party
>Sayaka and Kyouko, go warm the bedroom!
>Midori, come warm my chair!
>Mami, warm up the pancake pans!

>>25068290
Do the car thing. It's actually better if the Idols see us do that, it'll leave the exact nature of our transgression more hard to guess and make it seem less like we're definitely dumping her.

Might want to kick Kumatora out of the car to go run some laps around the block when we get there, though.

>>25068563
>>25068568

What I'm a bit worried about is whether QB's contract override is still wholly intact when Mirai sacrificed her life so that her soulgem could be used to house Midori's soul. While Jyubey wasn't able to make Midori witch-out in Siberia, we do not know if the whole soulgem business with Mirai would allow Jyubey a greater degree of control over Midori.

Of course, this all depends on whether the soulgem factors in at all with a contract, or if it's just something that is created as a consequence. It might be important enough to ask QB about.

>>25068602
last time we did that, we got someone who literally made porn of us and saved our asses from a painful sad death.
i'd say that was good end.

>>25068608
And then we ended up with five magical girls sharing one apartment.

Best end.

>>25068602
Well, ONE of the last times it happened we got a new sidekick who literally gave her life to save us from hell.

Couldn't hurt to try it again sometime.

>>25068610
No, keep Kumatora. We need her to witness.

>>25068602
A serial lifesaver.

>>25068608

>Mami, theres pancakes but wheres the syrup?
>Right here.

And then she pours it into the pool between her knockers.

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Its that time again, huh?

>>25068608
>Pinky feels left out, warms up the entire apartment with a freak electrical fire.

>>25068612
It's something to ask Coobie later, at any rate.

Since we're going to all the effort to not be Kharn, he might do some digging for us to alleviate the paranoia.

>>25068631
That would get syrup EVERYWHERE. At least have her put it in a bowl between her mamis.

>>25068641

>not wanting to lick syrup off mami's body

>>25068628
Need her to witness what? Our potential failure at comforting someone who cared for us? At best, her presence will only make both Chiaki and Iori a bit more nervous, at worst, she sticks her foot in her mouth hard enough to cause rivers of spaghetti to fly from Chiaki's pockets like a Minecraft lava accident.

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So is Kumatora based on anyone?

>>25068648
>Mami's body
>not Mami's mamis

>>25068602
We got FRIENDSHIP!
We are sort of like Nanoha but instead of pink lasers we use magical .50 rounds

>>25068610
Nah, Kumatora stays.

We'll just motion for her to stay silent when we get into the car, then Iori can cry all she likes while she gets driven wherever.

WAIT
BEFORE WE LEAVE
GRAB A DONUT
AND SHOVE IT INTO KUMATORA'S MOUTH
>"No. Talking."

>>25068651

Her physical description so far has said "black hair in long twin tails" and her soulgem is kept on her belt buckle.

That's all I can recall.

>>25068648
It's a new goddamn apartment. I don't want syrup all over the floor.

Also, if we're bringing my personal tastes into it, I hate syrup.

>>25068658
>magical
All our ammo is 100% normal.
Only scrubs and Mami use magic bullets.

>>25068631
>>25068648
Syrup is actually kind of hard to lick off properly and heaven forbid you touch it with your hand accidentally, because then everything else you touch will start to chafe like sticky hell.
>Captch: Sugared saying
You don't say.

>>25068655

Women don't really like it when you focus exclusively on their tits. Gotta work over everything.

>>25068667
Pretty sure nothing that comes out of the golden Deagle could be considered non magical

If it wasn't magical before we shot it then it damn well was once it was fired from that thing, and probably cursed to hell and back

>>25068648
As somebody who has actually tried the whole 'licking food products off your life partner' thing, I have but one recommendation: Don't. It is really not pleasant for either party.

>>25068687

hair everywhere?

>>25068670
>licking syrup off Mami's delicious sensual body
>suddenly Pinky!
>look up in shock
>hand goes on Mami to stabilise us after sudden movement
>syrup on hand
>try to wipe it off
>syrup on clothes
>it gets in our hair
>hair sticks to our face
>syrup everywhere

FUCKING TIMESTOP

>>25068670
>Syrup is actually kind of hard to lick off properly
>implying that's not the best part

>>25068695
Not only that, but everything in the entire world becomes sticky. We found patches of choc syrup on the TV remote four days after the fact.

>>25068729

...How did the TV remote figure into love making?

Wouldn't a controller be better? At least it has rumble.

>>25068687
I've done it with nutella just couple days ago. And everything went better than expected.
You just have to keep it waist-up, really, since getting chocolate cream stuck at certain areas situated lower can turn into a case of nasty yast infection.
For everything else there is flavored lube.

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>>25068636
That's our Pinky!

[X] Take it to the car. We shouldn't have done this in public to begin with.

>>25068687
>>25068687
>As somebody who has actually tried the whole 'licking food products off your life partner' thing, I have but one recommendation: Don't. It is really not pleasant for either party.

As someone who did that, too, it actually is kind of nice. At least if you are not retarded enough to actually use syrup.

Seriously why the fuck would someone use syrup for that?!

>>25068687
Trying to do sexy things when you don't know the actual result is always more hilarious in hindsight than sexy. Fictional porn did not prepare me for the fact that a brand of lube will apparently stain your bedsheets into tiedye patterns.

>>25068304 >>25068318 >>25068321 >>25068325

You stand up and make your way around the table, towards Iori. Yes, alright, you've made her cry, the same way you did when you said goodbye before taking off to Siberia. But she was somewhere safe then - inside a big mansion, surrounded with maids and someone who seemed to genuinely like her despite being a fanboy. It was alright to leave her then, safe to simply remove yourself from the premises and allow her to recover. But here...well, Iori is out in the open. Out in public. A popular idol, popular enough that someone rich enough and sick enough actually orchestrated a plan to rape her and put it out on video. This was something similar - not as sick, but just as damning. Just as damaging.

Before you could take Iori's hand, however, to pull her gently out of her chair and lead her to the car - you see most of the idols that have been watching had risen out of their seats, too. Their eyes narrowed at you as they approach as a group, heads with multicolored hair teased into hairstyles you didn't even know was possible. If you...if you hadn't killed them all personally, you'd have mistaken them for Kilgore's harem. All they needed, really, was knives in their hands and bloody tears dripping down their cheeks, inking lines on grinning faces.

"That's far enough, please," One of them, a tall idol with long golden-blonde hair, styled into a rather unruly, carefree way - speaks up. "Don't come any closer to Iori. You've done enough, thank you. We'll take it from here. Please leave before you do any more damage."

You easily return the collective glare aimed at you - well enough that some of them actually step back, or hide behind their companions - but the rest seems to be determined to stare you down. Despite, you know, you being a Magical Girl and all that. Someone who could, if she wanted, freeze time and end their careers with a point-blank Vindicare makeover.

[1/2]

MGNQ: Shadowruns licking substances off somebody else

>>25068761

...Or maybe that was the point, in and of itself? Either way, they've got guts, these idols.

"Matsuda-san." Another voice chimes in, imperious, cold, haughty, but more refined, more elegant. You glance at the direction where it came from, and see Takane Shijou stepping forward from the crowd. One of the idols you met in the gala, where you went undercover as Iori's maid.

"I wish we could have met again in better circumstances. Now that I see your true form, I would have liked to have spend time with you. But as Miki-san said, we'll take it from here. Not just because we wish to protect her from anything else you might do, but also to protect her from anyone else who may see this." Takane gestures towards Iori with a slow, careful hand. "Should the media catch wind of this, it would not be very pretty."

It's then that she narrows her eyes at you, ever so slightly. "Please, Matsuda-san. Couldn't you have chosen a better time to do this? Right here, right now, before the concert?" Her tone seems to be chiding, here.

How do you react?

[]Try to defend yourself. All you wanted was to clear this up before it got too bad.
[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.
[]"Miki, eh? What a coincidence. I know someone else with a bitch mouth like yours. Always opens it at the wrong time, too."

>>25068739
That's the problem, it didn't. How it got onto the remote is just one of life's little puzzles, I guess.

>>25068761
>Miki trying to flex nuts at a magical girl

Ho pls

>>25068749
Probably just one of those "Hey I think I heard of X being done with sex in X possibly fictional account, maybe we should try that" things that always happens and becomes an embarrassing memory.

I didn't fall for the syrup one at least, mostly because I'm used to things becoming an unmanagably sticky apocaplyse even when just eating the stuff NORMALLY.

>>25068769
>[X]Look to Iori. It's her call whether she would rather come with us or stay here with her coworkers.

>>25068769
>[x]Try to defend yourself. All you wanted was to clear this up before it got too bad.

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>>25068291
Ah, sorry. had to get something to eat.

To be honest, I'd prefer to remove those bits from the Ebook and put them in a separate one. The only reason why I don't is because previous times that I've asked the only answer I got was to leave those bits in. Granted, I've only asked twice on /tg/ and I only got one answer of "leave them in" each time.

The only reason why I'm not going to make separate Ebooks is because it takes about an hour to convert the files and upload as is, and I'd rather not needlessly double that. If I do remove those bits and put them in a separate Ebook, then I won't upload the version that has them all in one.

If everyone else wants the Decu and non-Decu bits separated in different Ebooks, I'llv start doing that from now on.

>>25068769
[x]Nod silently.

They'll take it from here. We never pretended to be good at this. The important thing is protecting Iori's reputation, and they're her friends, after all. Maybe add a...

"Sorry. ...Take care of her."

Then I guess loiter around a bit to make sure they're not Callidus planning to rape her or something. GO GO SHADOWRUNS

>>25068769
Apologize, pick up our cap and leave

>>25068769
>[]"Miki, eh? What a coincidence. I know someone else with a bitch mouth like yours. Always opens it at the wrong time, too."

hue

>>25068769
>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

Most in-character choice. If we had the cap on, would be the last one. But defend ourselves? lel, never.

>>25068769

>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.


Good to see their bond is as strong as ever.

>>25068785

This, minus the Shadowruns.

>>25068769

>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

"You are right... sorry."

anything else would probably make us seem less sincere.

>>25068781
This.

Why the fuck did we do this here and now again? We should've grilled her for info and let her down gently later, away from the prying eyes of media and idols.

Murderface's spaghetti only excuses so much.

>>25068769
[X] Ask Iori what she wants.

Since when do we get intimidated by a bunch of girls?

>>25068769
>[x]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

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>>25068769
...Are we about to get fucking rolled by 765 Productions?

>>25068784
Casting my vote for separate Ebooks.

>>25068769
[x]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

>>25068769

>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

We've got the warmaster powers.

Time to use them.

We can pull up the PR/blackmail dept. Suppress any news of this incident.

Iori won't get hurt by this.

>>25068769
Don't drop a beat. Straight back to deadpan.

>[]"Miki, eh? What a coincidence. I know someone else with a bitch mouth like yours. Always opens it at the wrong time, too."
Followed by a hairswish, and then walk back towards the car.

Maybe say "...Sorry." in a voice that's *just* loud enough for people to hear.

>>25068769
>[x] "Your Call, Iori."

>>25068769
>[X]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

[x] 'Iori...?'

>>25068814
>Why the fuck did we do this here and now again?
Because that was the only opportunity seeing her before the concert. That is before things get EVEN MORE complicated.

>>25068814
Because we wanted this over and done with

We just didn't think ahead to move her somewhere private first

>>25068828

Seconding the PR stuff. It might be seen as an abuse of power by others, but it is probably prudent in this case.

And given how Kharn composed herself as Warmaster, I think that media suppression would fly under the radar.

>>25068781
>>25068816
>>25068834
>>25068844
This probably isn't the best idea. Dropping the bomb we just did on her and then immediately making her choose between us and her colleagues is a dick move.

>>25068769
>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.
Perhaps with an addendum asking Takane to take care of her.

We don't have half a fuck to give about Miki, but Takane, at least, we have had some contact with prior and seems to hold us in at least some kind of regard.

>>25068769
[x]"Miki, eh? What a coincidence. I know someone else with a bitch mouth like yours. Always opens it at the wrong time, too."

This is between the two of us, and we're not going to back down just because a bunch of spoiled princesses are feeling territorial. We will simply establish that we'll leave if Iori wishes it, and not before then.

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Moon Princess is displeased.

Our apartment will get attacked by vampires tonight.

Calling it now.

>>25068828
Good plan
They must have mastered the art while covering Kharn so this will be easy

[x] Just nod, and timestop the fuck out of here.

Now's a time to get kicked by pinky, if any.

Don't you guys get it? This is a good thing.

She's now surrounded by people who would stand up to somebody as intimidating as Murderface to protect her. They're clearly her friends right now, and they can help her get through this. We drew all their hatred to us, so now they're defending her.

Don't say a fucking word. Pick up the hat and bounce.

>>25068828

>We can pull up the PR/blackmail dept. Suppress any news of this incident.

we can make damn well sure that this doesn't get out.

I have this silly idea about asking Pinky for her opinion.

If we take the hat and make to put it on, we could use it to cover our hands while we use the shield to timestop.

I mean, we were against leaving Iori with the Idols and now we're all fot it? Because of a few words?

>>25068785
This, also without shadowrun.

>>25068880
Actually, I support this motion.

This entire time we've been saying 'Magical and normal don't mix' but the only magic any of these mooks have seen from Murderface is the 'Bullet' kind.

Nod, Timestop, and fucking disappear in front of all of them. That should drive the message home.

>>25068890
No, because we found out that they were actually supportive of her, rather than being gossipmongering bitches.

>>25068871
Oh, we have WAY worse to look forward to than vampires if this is the case.

Remember what else in the plot so far is moon-based? A certain orbital grief seed.

>>25068871
Let her come we will keep the hat on.

>>25068904
Sounds acceptable.

>>25068873
>implying Kharn cared for covering her exploits

One of the drawfags really needs to give us Murderface paralyzed with indecision as we all vote and change our votes.

>>25068904
>Timestop
PINKY TIME
"You know how I hugged you to make you feel better? It would be really great if you could do that for me now."

>>25068880
Two birds with one stone.

I'm sure Pinky is getting lonely.

>>25068904
Works for me.

>>25068890

The original worry was that these idols might have been RL idols who'd act like RL idols do.

Miki has shown the idolmaster bonds still hold true, even in MGNQ. It's safe to leave Iori with her.

>>25068769

[x]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave.

And then smile weakly at Takane. "Sorry, there is never enough time when the Reaper is always nearby. That's just how it is."

"Please take care of her."

Of course, the Reaper wears pink~

>>25068761
>>25068769
>[]Nod silently, pick up your cap, and leave. You've said all you need to be said.

Pretty much this. There is nothing we can say that won`t antagonize us further.

Despite what those stuck up, prissy dolls are saying there is never something like a "good moment" to break up. Fucking Idols.

Guys, isn't Iori the only idol that knows we're magical? I'm fairly certain that the others don't know this, and Iori even avoided mentioning any "magical" business within earshot of her friends in the last thread.

Time-stop now? Really?

>>25068952

>Suddenly, Reaper from the sky

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>>25068960
Why not? Maybe one of her little floozy idol friends will be like 'What? Trying to get into the pants of a MAGICAL GIRL? Bitch, you crazy.'

Why do the heavy lifting when you've got a group of sycophants to do it for you?

>>25068928
Kharn didn't, but her underlings probably did, the last thing Malal needed would be someone catching a video of Kharn fucking an idol on a balcony with their cell phone camera.

>>25068932
>hugging Pinky
>not sexing her in

shucky

>>25068998
>not sexing her down

>>25068989
Take 'camera' off the end of that sentence and now I have the lewds. Thx.

>>25068960
Don't you know how to make a dramatic exit? And Pinky is starting to insist.

>>25069006
>not sexing her up

>>25068880
>timestop
This. We need to vanish out of Iori's life.

>>25068960
oh wait shit yeah no
We can timestop in the car.

"Timestop away" works.

>>25069025
>>25068989

No. Stop it.

>>25068960
Dramatic exit yo.

We're warmaster now. Our face is probably going to be plastered everywhere, soon. Maybe sooner, depending on if the concert is going to turn into a bloodbath... Which it is, and if we end up fighting a daemon... Which we will.

>>25069050
>Stopping it before we sex her all arou-hound

No you stop it.

>>25069050
>>25069092
brb, reinstalling

>>25068880
I'll support this.
And I'm extra fucking paranoid about these idols. Grab a photo of each so we know who to hunt down in case something happens to Iori

>>25069135
>Grab a photo of each
We know they're 765PRO. Just ask Mami or Kyouko to run a search of them.

>>25068880
I like this. Grab the hat option + timestop the fuck out of there and give them a little scare. The adrenaline from the thought of what they were trying to stare down would last them a few days.

>>25069135
I mean, it's not like they're FAMOUS or anything.

We could literally look them all up in the car on our way back to our apartment.

And interestingly, if our investigation is rated at 3 Shadowruns or so, we might accidentally uncover an imposter by virtue of a fanboy posting a wandering Azusa sighting on social media despite our having seen her at the coffee shop.

>>25069152
>We know they're 765PRO.

Do we really? I mean, come on.

>>25068785
This has my vote as well, sans Shadowrun.

>>25069193
We may be stupid but we do know some basics like
1 they are her friends and colleagues
2 Iori works for 765pro

It isn't that fucking hard for even amnesiac Murderface to put together let alone semi shit together warmaster Chiaki

>>25069195
I'm glad people are voting for this sans Shadowrun, because that part was mostly facetious and a little bit to placate all the tinfoils.

>>25069216
They LOOK LIKE her friends and colleagues.

>>25069247
They're staring down a Magical Girl for her. That's a Midori-tier bond.

>>25068845
>Because that was the only opportunity seeing her before the concert
You mean asking her to step inside to somewhere more private instead of outside in front of everyone wasn't an option we could take?
We can always write in options, and you completely ignored that we could have chosen a better time.

>>25068847
>We just didn't think ahead to move her somewhere private first
It was brought up a lot at the end of the last thread that doing this in a private location would be better, and all of the reasons why right now, in front of everyone, is a bad idea.

>>25069243
Don't worry, it'll probably reach the point where Shadowrun will actually be warranted.

>>25069254
Or they're magical girls illusioned by a Callidus.

>>25068785 >>25068793 >>25068794 >>25068804

You nod at Takane, acknowledging your mistake. It's...well, she's right. You could have done this some other time, after this whole business with Kirishima Ruri's over and done with. But at the same time...you needed to clear the air. You needed to make sure she understood. Because it would've turned out badly for the both of you. Like...well, like how it's going, now.

...You should have waited. Maybe. But what's done is done. At least Iori's safe now, in hands of people she can trust. You step away as two idols break off from the main group and approach Iori, staring daggers at you the entire way. Short brown hair, with those cute short ponytails. Twins, from the look of them. One of them kneels down beside Iori, taking her hand and murmuring something you can't hear. The other places both hands on Iori's shoulders, leaning in close to whisper as well.

"...Your being silent doesn't really help with our opinion of you, Matsuda-san, but at least we know you understand, now." Takane says, seemingly speaking for the whole group. "If that is all, then please leave. The paparazzi may be coming along any moment, and we really don't want them complicating matters more than they already are, now."

You have no reply as you take your your cap from the table and put it back on, doing so unhurriedly, carefully. You turn back to Iori, who seems to be responding to whatever the twins are telling her, having stopped crying for the time being - and then tell Takane to take care of her. She nods gravely at this.

"I will, Matsuda-san. I promise you this."

You nod at her one last time, before making to stalk back to your car. It's not that far of a walk, but it felt that way, what with the rest of the assembled idols still trying to hate you to death.

Your hand is on the door when Iori's voice suddenly cuts through the thick silence.

"CHIAKI-SAN!"

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>>25069254
Agreed. But we should put on our hat to make sure her conviction won't waver in the face of unnatural mental influences.

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>>25069278

She doesn't as much say your name as she does shout it, the tinge of desperation in her voice. Not just that, but loneliness. A loneliness that spoke of many nights alone, many days spent trying to work up a smile when you felt empty inside - a loneliness that burned your insides slowly, consuming you inside out, leaving you completely hollow.

"I want to be your friend! Friends... just being friends with Chiaki-san is okay!" You turn to see Iori standing up from her seat, fists clenched, eyes determined even through tears. "B-but...I have to know, please. Did...did Chiaki-san ever feel the same way, even a little bit? Or...is it simply that I never had a chance...?"

How do you react?

[]Answer her. (Write-in)
[]Just leave.

>>25069247
Yes, and we talked to someone who looked like Iori, someone who looked like Kumatora drove us here, and someone who looked like Chiaki was in our mirror when we woke up.

If we're going full shadowrun and beyond here, then what if we're still trapped in that illusion 'Midori' put us in and Iori is being raped as we speak?

>>25069298

"I'm sorry."

>>25069298

Deculture, why are you doing this to me. All these feels.

>[]Just leave. And leave a thorny Blue Rose

>>25069298
Face her with a smile. Then
>[]Just leave.

>>25069298
"...My world's a shithole, Minase. ...Iori. If it weren't... ...Yeah. There'd be a chance."

Then leave. Don't let her turn this into a conversation.

>>25069298
"For as long as I can remember, there has been only one person I believe the term 'endearing' and 'love' may apply. You are not them."

Leave.

>>25069298
>[]Answer her. (Write-in)
"I did, before I realized that what I am can only bring harm to you if we traveled down that path"